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Director:
Freddie Francis
Writers:
Curt Siodmak (novel)
Robert Stewart (writer) ...
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Release Date:
1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Drama | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
INSTRUment OF TERROR! (original U.S. release print ad - mostly caps) more
Plot:
A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer. more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
unremarkable remake more

Cast

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Anne Heywood ... Anna Holt
Peter van Eyck ... Dr. Peter Corrie
Cecil Parker ... Stevenson
Bernard Lee ... Dr. Frank Shears
Maxine Audley ... Marion Fane
Ellen Schwiers ... Ella
Siegfried Lowitz ... Mr. Walters
Hans Nielsen ... Immerman
Jeremy Spenser ... Martin Holt
Jack MacGowran ... Furber
Miles Malleson ... Dr. Miller
George A. Cooper ... Thomas Gabler
Ann Sears ... Stevenson's secretary
Irene Richmond ... Mrs. Gabler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Dead Man Seeks His Murderer
Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder (West Germany)
Over My Dead Body
Vengeance (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:
83 min | Germany:84 min
Country:
UK | West Germany
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | West Germany:16 (nf)

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Remake of Donovan's Brain (1953) more

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unremarkable remake, 18 August 2007
6/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

Freddy Francis directs another retelling of Donovan's Brain.

This is the story of a rich SOB industrialist who is killed, however his brain is saved. As scientists try to study the still living organ the personality of the "dead" man begins to exert itself on those around the brain tank.

Good, with expressive black and white photography, this too is a bit unremarkable and slightly dull, which is odd considering Francis' films tend to have a bit more life in them, even when they are poor.Interesting to see Bernard Lee (M from the early Bonds) in a different sort of role. Not bad but not really the gripping drama I wanted at 2am to keep me awake...it put me out.

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